Thomas County cat., 1887-05-12

W. S. Willcoxon. and NJ D. Lessenger,
went to Oberlin Sunday on legal busi-
ness.
Mcclellan Shirley has nearly finished
his machine shop northwest Newell
House. 1t is 1Sx56 feet He will do gen.
eral wagon repairing and blacksmith
| work.
Peter Kennedy alias Curly" was ar
rested Monday for assaulting Jake All
ing with intent to rob him. He was
bound over to next term of court. n. A.
Duff appeared for state. No one appear
ing for deft. Sheriff Witham took him to
Norton county Jail Tuesday.
J.W. Duff of Hoxie. was over Sunday
He says the bond question will be resub-
mited right and will carry without a
doubt Mr. Huff is rustler from away
back and was formerly interested in Col
by and still believes she will be the best
town IN the west outside of Hoxie.
A. L. Tomblin. of Eustis. paid Colby
avisit Friday last He is enthusiastic over
the Montana and Texas railway. 1t will
open up the continent north and south
from Galveston to Montana. 1t is indeed,
a great scheme and is being pushed for
all it's worth. The road goes through
| Eustis.
A. L. Tomblin left this morning for
his home in Stanbury, Mo. will stop on
his way at Colby, and if parties can be
interested in the manufactur of brick at
this place. he will contrsc for two story
brick bank, to take the place of the old
one. and will commence the work as soon
as the material can be furnished.-Dark
Horse.
Sam Yousse has sold out his interest
in City drug store to DR.. c. l. Douglass.
The firm now is Douglass & Walker.
While YOusse was a splendid popular
partner with MIR Walker, Mr.. Douglass
being doctor will add more strength to
the firm. Douglass s. Walker will hold
the large business already secured by
Walker s. Yousse. They have large
stock and have everything arranged in
splendid shape. They will properly re-
ceive a large share of the drug patronage
of Colby.
The hOmesteaders and farmers of
Thomas county, and all counties in the
Oberlin land district are fast realizing
that their rights are being trampled up
on and set at naught without any just
cause or reason whatsoever. We assail
no one, but state facts. and let the farm
ers judge for themselves. II you go to
the store to buy barrel of flour. and
you day for it, you. without doubt.
have right to say where you will buy
it. You pay your money, and take your
choice. But the land notice organs of
mushroom growth and caliber reverse
this and say: you have no business TO
say where your final proof notice shall be
published. You pay your money. but we
want to tell you now you must pay it to
build up land notice organs. We say so.
and don't you utter word of murmur or
say you want it published elsewhere than
in democratic land notice organ, be-
cause it's no use. We control the thing,
and you homesteaders have no rights we
are at all bound to respect" Are we not
borne out in this assertion ? John Bis
sell, retiring register of the land Office at
Kirwin, says he uniformly accorded the
request of claimant in having notice of
final proof published, and the homestead
ers of the Kirwin land district bear wit
ness. A. L. Patchin. retiring register of
the Oberlin land Office, has yielded and
granted the hOmesteaders the right, as !
we all personally know. To what pass
has it come that SO notices of final proof |
are held back one month till democrat
ic land notice organ can be started in |
Sherman county. We are told this is the |
case. NJ A. Duff sent notice to prove
up four months ago and it has just been
published two weeks or 50. Now if this |
is business we want no more of it. We
do now, as we always have. think that |
settler on government land has some |
rights, and if he pays his money his re-
quest should be granted once in q while |
in the matter of publishing final proofs |
1t smacks of jobbery, divy and demo |
cratic reform to thus ignore settlers
rights. The democratic party is suffering |
to enrich q few men in the ring" To |
conduct matters thus is mere usurpation |
of questioned right, and overriding the
people, because it may, forsooth. be suf |
fered by those who can i'll afford such
treatment and ignoring.
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